UCSD SOM Diversity & Community Partnerships

We are so proud of our @uofcalifornia PRIME - Health Equity and PRIME - Transforming Indigenous Doctor Education programs on our campus! 🥼 @UCSD_DCP

Women's History Month Highlight: @UCSanDiego's Dr. Helen M. Ranney was the first woman to ever chair a department of medicine! She served as department chair at @ucsdmedschool beginning in 1973. 💪💙

Our @UCSanDiego medical student chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (@GoldFdtn) had a great time last week sharing notes of appreciation and sweet treats with our residents and fellows at our @UCSDHealth Hillcrest, Jacobs Medical Center and VA Locations! 📸 Jane Uche, MS4

170 brilliant, curious high school students at Doc4ADay a⁦@UCSDMedSchool⁩. Excited to welcome motivated students from Imperial County who left at 5am!!

Community service to start the Year of the Fire Horse. ⁦@UCSDMedSchool⁩ students in the Mobile Health Clinic & Fade Hypertension electives, & VietMed provided blood pressure screening & cardiovascular health education at the San Diego Tet Festival 🎇 🔥 🐴 🏮 #LunarNewYear

Happy Lunar New Year. 🎇 🔥 🐴 Stop by our health fair booth at the San Diego Tet Festival, Feb 21-22, NTC Park, Liberty Station @UCSDMedSchool

.@UCSDMedSchool students speak over 40 languages. What a gift to the patients and communities we serve. Read MS3 Nguyen Do’s story ⬇️

Congratulations to @UCSDMedSchool MS4 Anthony Galvez 🎉 Delighted you are remaining with us.

Congratulations to our @UCSanDiego medical students on a 100% urology match rate! ⭐️ MS4 Eli Tran shared, "I am beyond grateful for the mentors, friends, family, and partner who believed in me and supported me every step of the way. Cảm ơn mẹ! (Thank you, mom, especially.)" 📩

Excited to partner with Universidad Autonoma de Baja California ⁦@UABC_oficial⁩ on binational health priorities

Congratulations to our @UCSanDiego medical students on a 100% ophthalmology match rate! On Friday, several students commemorated matching into their ophthalmology residency programs. 📩🎉 The future of medicine is bright!

Thanks to the support of faculty and fellows from the Division of Hematology and Oncology, students got the chance to take a stab (literally!) at two procedures: lumbar punctures and bone marrow biopsies at the "Big, Scary Needles" training. 💉 📸 Sophie Chang, MS2

New year, new hobbies! ⭐️ For many of us, January offers what feels like a clean slate. ✨ Read ways that our @ucsandiego School of Medicine community members have found new hobbies that bring joy and purpose to their daily life 👇 go.ucsd.edu/3NFr756

Lots of Holiday cheer to go around here! ☃️ The Office of Medical Education had the chance to celebrate the efforts of our student leaders at the 2025 Winter Social. Med student leaders from each class council celebrated the quarter’s accomplishments while enjoying food and fun.

An early Holiday season gift. 🎁 Take a behind-the-scenes look as our Assistant Dean of Admissions, Dr. Parag Sanghvi, and other medical student admissions reps make some acceptance calls to admitted medical students! 📞

New research in Human Molecular Genetics led by UCSD’s John Carethers, MD, identifies MSH3 DNA‑repair gene changes that may raise cancer risk for those with ulcerative colitis or early‑onset colorectal cancer. Read more: bit.ly/4aqWWYw

Congrats to lead author @SeanPerezMD and team on their new @JAMASurgery study showing data-driven surgical supply lists can save hospitals millions without compromising patient care, nearly $3M in unused items found in 5 months. Great to see @UCSDHealth already using these optimized lists in real time. A powerful example of data science reducing waste and boosting efficiency. Shout out ➡️ @DataScienceAll1 Read ⤵️ health.ucsd.edu/news/press-rel…

“Being part of PRIME-TIDE gave me a supportive community of people who share the values I care most about: humility, health equity, and community-centered care. I feel honored to learn alongside such dedicated individuals, and I’m inspired by my cohort every day.” - Skye, MS1

Our Resident Drs. Kiefer Forseth and Alex Tenorio delivered outstanding talks! Dr. Forseth (PGY-5) discussed his chronic microelectrode implant study in motor circuits and Dr. Tenorio (PGY-6) gave lessons learned from his White House Fellowship with Veterans Affairs.

The School of Medicine classes of 2015, 2005, 2000, 1995, 1985 and 1975 recently celebrated their milestone reunions! 🎓 Learn more about next year's milestone reunions of the Classes of 1976, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2016 ⬇️ go.ucsd.edu/4ocqsW8